Focke-Wulf Project VIII

Peterle
General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Focke-Wulf
Status	Abandoned design study

The Focke-Wulf Peterle was a design study for a turboprop-powered fighter-bomber, undertaken in Germany during World War II.

Development

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It was based on the work previously done on Focke-Wulf Flitzer. The Peterle, known in Focke-Wulf documents as Einmotoriges Jagdflugzeug mit PTL-Gerät 021 was for an aircraft very similar in shape. The performance was calculated to be much better, but the unswept tail surfaces were predicted to cause problems at high speed, and the project was abandoned.

Some sources refer to this design as the Fw 281, but this is a fictitious designation derived from project label Baubeschreibung Nr. 281 for the Einmotoriges Jagdflugzeug mit PTL-Gerät 021.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Specifications (as designed)

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General characteristics

Crew: one pilot
Length: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 8.00 m (26 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 17.0 m² (183 sq ft)
Empty weight: 3,585 kg (7,903 lb)
Gross weight: 5,000 kg (11,022 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Daimler-Benz DB 109-021 turboprop , 1,491 kW (2,000 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 910 km/h (565 mph, 491 kn)
Range: 1,460 km (907 mi, 788 nmi)

Armament

4 × 20 mm MG 213 cannon

References

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^ Lepage, Jean-Dennis. Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945: An Illustrated Guide.
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^ Dan Sharp; Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe: Jet Fighters 1939-1945, hardback, Mortons, 2020.

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v t e Focke-Wulf aircraft
Company designations, pre-1933	A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 16 A 17 GL 18 F 19 A 20 A 21 GL 22 K 23 S 24 A 26 A 28 A 29 A 32 A 33 A 36 A 38 S 39 A 43 A 47 S 48 S 1 S 2 W 4 W 7 C.20 (Cierva under licence) C.30 (Cierva under licence)
Names	Buchfink Bussard Condor Ente Falke Falke (2) Habicht Höhengeier Kiebitz Mastgans Moskito Möwe Möwe (2) Photomöwe Sperber Stieglitz Stösser Weihe Würger Uhu
RLM designations, 1933–1945	Fw 40 Fw 42 Fw 43 Fw 44 Fw 47 Fw 55 Fw 56 Fw 57 Fw 58 Fw 61 Fw 62 Ta 152 Ta 154 Fw 159 Ta 183 Fw 186 Fw 187 Fw 189 Fw 190 Fw 191 Fw 200 Fw 206 Ta 254 Fw 300 Ta 400
Company designations, post-1945	Fw 260 Fw 300
Projects	Entwurf I Entwurf II Entwurf III Entwurf IV Entwurf V Entwurf VI Entwurf VII "Peterle" Entwurf VIII 1000x1000x1000 Nr. 238 Fernkampfflugzeug Grosstransporter Nr. 261 Fernkampfflugzeug Rochen Strahlrohrjäger Super Lorin Super TL Triebflügel Volksjäger

v t e Aircraft designed by Kurt Tank
Early years	Rohrbach Ro VIII
For Focke-Wulf	Fw 44 Fw 56 Ta 152 Ta 154 Ta 183 Fw 187 Fw 189 Fw 190 Fw 200 Ta 254 Ta 283 Ta 400 Project I Project II Project III Project IV Project V Project VI Project VII Project VIII
Post-Second World War	FMA I.Ae. 33 Pulqui II FMA I.Ae. 35 Huanquero FMA I.Ae. 36 Cóndor HAL HF-24 Marut

v t e Reich Air Ministry (RLM) aircraft designations (list)
1 to 100	8-1¹ Fi 2 8-3¹ 8-4¹ Fi 5 DFS 6 8-7¹ Gö 8 Gö 9 Do 10 8-11⁷ Do 11 Wn 11 8-12⁷ 8-12⁴ Do 12 Do 13 Do 14 Do 15 8-16⁷ Do 16 Wn 16 Do 17 Do 18 Do 19 Do 20 8-21¹ Do 22 Do 23 Do 24 8-25⁷ Do 25³ Kl 25 8-26⁷ Do 26 Kl 26 8-27⁷ 8-27 Do 27³ Kl 27⁵ 8-28¹ 8-29⁷ 8-29 Do 29 Fw 30 Kl 31 Kl 32 Ju 33 Ju 34 Kl 35 Kl 36 He 37³ 8-38⁷ He 38 Ju 38 DFS 39 8-40⁷ BV 40 DFS 40 He 41³ 8-42⁷ Fw 42 He 42 Fw 43 Fw 44 He 45 8-46⁷ He 46 Ju 46 8-47⁷ Fw 47 He 47 Ju 48 8-49⁷ He 49 Ju 49 8-50⁷ He 50 Ju 50 He 51 8-52⁷ He 52 Ju 52 Ju 53 8-54⁷ DFS 54 NR 54 8-55⁷ Fw 55 NR 55 Fw 56 8-57⁷ 8-57⁴ Fw 57 8-58⁷ Fw 58 He 58 He 59 8-60⁷ He 60 Ju 60 8-61⁷ Fa 61 Fw 61 He 61 8-62⁷ Fw 62 He 62 8-63⁷ 8-63⁴ He 63 8-64⁷ Ar 64 He 64 8-65⁷ Ar 65 He 65 8-66⁷ Ar 66 He 66 Ar 67 Ar 68 Ar 69 He 70 8-71⁷ 8-71⁴ He 71 He 72 He 73³ He 74 Al 75 8-76⁷ Ar 76 FZG 76⁶ Ar 77 Ar 78³ Ar 79 Ar 80 Ar 81 8-82⁴ 8-83¹ Al 84 Ju 85 Ju 86 Ju 87 Ju 88 Ju 89 Ju 90 Ju 91³ Ju 92 Ju 93³ Ju 94³ Ar 95 Ar 96 Fi 97 Fi 98 Fi 99 8-100⁷ Fi 100³ He 100
101 to 200	Al 101 Al 102 8-103⁷ Al 103 Fi 103 Fi 103R Fh 104 Kl 105 Kl 106 Kl 107 Bf 108 8-109⁷ Bf 109 Bf 109R⁶ Bf 110 8-111⁷ He 111 He 111U⁶ He 112 He 113⁶ He 114 He 115 He 116 8-117⁷ He 117³ Hs 117 He 118 He 119 He 120 Hs 121 Hs 122 Hs 123 Hs 124 Hs 125 Hs 126 Hs 127 Hs 128 Hs 129 Hs 130 Bü 131 8-132⁷ Bü 132³ Hs 132 Bü 133 Bü 134 Ha 135 8-136⁷ Ha 136 Hü 136 Ha 137 BV 138 Ha 139 Ha 140 BV 141 BV 142 BV 143 BV 144 Go 145 Go 146 8-147⁷ Go 147 Ju 147 Go 148³ Go 149 Go 150 Kl 151 8-152⁷ Kl 152 Ta 152 8-153⁷ Kl 153³ Ta 153 8-154⁷ Kl 154³ Ta 154 8-155⁷ BV 155 Kl 155³ Me 155 Fi 156 Fi 157 Fi 158 Fw 159 Ju 160 Bf 161 8-162⁷ Bf 162 He 162 8-163⁷ Bf 163 Li 163 Me 163 Me 164/MeC 164 Bf 165 8-166⁷ Fi 166 FK 166 Fi 167 Fi 168 Fi 169³ He 170 He 171³ He 172 He 173³ He 174³ 8-175⁴ He 176 He 177 He 178 He 179⁵ 8-180⁷ Bü 180 He 180 Bü 181 Bü 182 8-183⁷ Bü 183³ Ta 183 Fl 184 Fl 185 8-186⁷ Fw 186 Ju 186 8-187⁷ Fw 187 Ju 187² 8-188⁷ Fw 188³ Ju 188 Fw 189 Fw 190 Fw 191 Ao 192 8-193⁷ Ao 193³ DFS 193 8-194⁷ DFS 194 Me 194 Ar 195 Ar 196 Ar 197 Ar 198 8-199⁷ Ar 199 FiSk 199 8-200⁷ Do 200^4,6 Fw 200
201 to 300	Si 201 Si 202 DFS 203 Si 204 8-205¹ Fw 206 8-207¹ Me 208 Me 209⁷ 1938 1943 Me 210 Hü 211 8-212⁷ 8-212⁴ Do 212 8-213¹ Do 214 Do 215 Do 216 8-217⁷ Do 217 Hs 217 Do 218³ He 219 He 220 Do 221³ BV 222 Fa 223 Fa 224 8-225⁷ Ao 225 Fa 225 8-226⁷ BV 226 Ho 226 FGP 227 DFS 228 8-229⁷ Go 229 Ho 229 8-230⁷ 8-230 DFS 230 Ar 231 Ar 232 Ar 233 Ar 234 Do 235⁵ Fa 236³ BV 237 BV 238 8-239¹ Ar 240 Go 241 Go 242 Me 243³ Go 244 Go 245³ BV 246 8-247¹ Ju 248 8-250⁷ BV 250 Ho 250 Ho 251 Ho 252 Ju 252 8-253⁷ Fi 253 Ho 253 8-254⁷ Ho 254 Ta 254 8-255¹ Fi 256 SK 257 8-258¹ Fw 259 8-260¹ Me 261 Me 261w Me 262 Me 263⁷ 1941 1942 1945 Me 264 8-265⁷ Fl 265 Me 265 8-266⁷ Fa 266 Go 266³ Ho 267 Ju 268 Fa 269 He 270 We 271 He 272³ He 273³ He 274 He 275⁵ He 276³ He 277 He 278 He 279³ He 280 He 281³ Fl 282 Fa 283 Fa 284 Fl 285 Ju 286 Ju 287 8-288⁷ Do 288^4,6 Ju 288 Ju 289³ Ju 290 Hs 291 8-292⁷ As 292 Hs 292³ Hs 293 Hs 294 Hs 295 8-296⁷ Ar 296 Hs 296 Hs 297 Hs 298 Ju 299³ Fw 300
301 to 349	DFS 301 8-302¹ 8-303¹ 8-304¹ 8-305¹ 8-306¹ 8-307¹ 8-308¹ Me 309 Zwilling Me 310 8-311¹ 8-312¹ 8-313⁴ 8-314¹ Hs 315 8-316¹ Do 317 Do 318 He 319 Me 320³ Me 321 Ju 322 Me 323/ZMe 323 8-324¹ 8-325⁷ Fa 325 Fw 325³ 8-326¹ Me 327 Me 328 Me 329 Fa 330 DFS 331 DFS 332 Fi 333 8-334⁷ Ar 334³ Me 334 Do 335 Fa 336 Ju 337³ 8-338¹ Fl 339 Ar 340 8-341 WNF 342 He 343 8-344⁷ Rk 344 So 344⁵ Go 345 DFS 346 Rk 347 8-348¹ Ba 349
Post-349 (non-sequential)	Ju 352 8-356⁷ Fi 356 Ju 356 Me 362 Me 364² Me 368³ Ju 388 Ju 390 Fw 391 Ar 393³ Ar 396 Ta 400 Me 409 Me 410 Do 417 He 419 ZMe 423 8-430⁷ Ar 430 Ka 430 Ar 432 Do 435 Ar 440 8-445⁴ DFS 446 Ju 452 Me 462² DFS 468 Ju 488 Fw 491 He 500 Me 509 Me 510 He 519 8-520⁴ ZSO 523 Ar 532 8-534⁴ Do 535/He 535 Me 600² Me 609 Ar 632 Do 635/He 635/Ju 635
¹ Not assigned ² Unofficial/proposed ³ Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved ⁴ Assigned to captured aircraft ⁵ Unconfirmed ⁶ Propaganda/cover designation ⁷ Assigned to multiple types Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.

Focke-Wulf Project VIII

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